A EDUCATIONAL SONG FOR OBESITY

This could be a useful song to be analysed in the English class. 

Students learn English and at the same time become more aware about healthy food, about what we eat and why we do it.

A SONG ABOUT ANOREXIA

Some sentences and words to highlight.

It is a secret. 

To seek perfection

Overachiever

low self-esteem

In conclusion, we, as teachers, should increase the self-esteem and to persuade children that perfection is good within certain limits. Beyond this point, perfection only leads to autodestruction.

SONGS FOR DEPRESSION

 Clic here to find a good link about lots of songs about depression

Rilo Kiley sings an optimistic song for these days when depressions semms  to invade us

Sometimes in the morning

I am petrified and can't move

Awake but cannot open my eyes

And the weight is crushing down on my lungs

I know I can't breathe

And hope someone will save me this time

And your mother's still calling you insane and high

Swearing it's different this time

And you tell her to give in

To the demons that possess her

That God never blessed her insides

Then you hang up the phone

And feel badly for upsetting things

And crawl back into bed to dream of a time

When your heart was open wide

And you loved things just because

Like the sick and the dying

And sometimes when you're on

You're really fucking on

And your friends, they sing along

And they love you

But the lows are so extreme

That the good seems fucking cheap

And it teases you for weeks in its absence

But you'll fight and you'll make it through

You'll fake it if you have to

And you'll show up for work with a smile

And you'll be better and you'll be smarter

And more grown up and a better daughter

Or son, and a real good friend

And you'll be awake, you'll be alert

You'll be positive, though it hurts

And you'll laugh and embrace all your friends

You'll be a real good listener

You'll be honest, you'll be brave

You'll be handsome and you'll be beautiful

You'll be happy

Your ship may be coming in

You're weak but not giving in

To the cries and the wails of the valley below

And your ship may be coming in

You're weak but not giving in

And you'll fight it, you'll go out fighting all of them

SOME SONGS ABOUT SUICIDE

One of the worst consequences of depression  is suicide. Let's watch blink.182 and their song Adam's song, 

I never thought I'd die alone

I laughed the loudest who'd have known?

I trace the cord back to the wall

No wonder it was never plugged in at all

I took my time, I hurried up

The choice was mine I didn't think enough

I'm too depressed to go on

You'll be sorry when I'm gone

I never conquered, rarely came

Sixteen just held such better days

Days when I still felt alive

We couldn't wait to get outside

The world was wide, too late to try

The tour was over, we'd survived

I couldn't wait till I got home

To pass the time in my room alone

I never thought I'd die alone

Another six months I'll be unknown

Give all my things to all my friends

You'll never step foot in my room again

You'll close it off, board it up

Remember the time that I spilled the cup

Of apple juice in the hall

Please tell mom this is not her fault

I never conquered, when you came

Sixteen just held such better days

Days when I still felt alive

We couldn't wait to get outside

The world was wide, too late to try

The tour was over, we'd survived

I couldn't wait till I got home

To pass the time in my room alone

And with R.E.M an easy song giving us aneasy piece of advice to prevent suicide

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone, 

when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on. 

Don't let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes. 

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along. 

When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on) 

if you feel like letting go, (hold on) 

when you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on. 

Everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends. 

Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand. 

If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone 

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long, 

when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on. 

Well, everybody hurts sometimes, 

everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes. 

And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on. 

Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. 

(Everybody hurts. You are not alone.)